If you study the military record of the late Gen. Qassem Soleimani, you’ll see both why U.S military and political leaders feared him, yet did not wish him dead. The embodiment of America’s stance was President George W. Bush. In January 2008, Bush was informed he had a real-time opportunity to kill Soleimani as he...
Author: Jefferson Morley (Jefferson Morley)
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After Mossad Targeted Soleimani, Trump Pulled the Trigger
Last October Yossi Cohen, head of Israel’s Mossad, spoke openly about assassinating Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. “He knows very well that his assassination is not impossible,” Cohen said in an interview. Soleimani had boasted that the Israel’s tried to assassinate him in...
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Intel Probe Puts CIA’s Haspel in a Bind
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Was the Leader of U.S. Embassy Attack in Iraq a Guest in the Obama White House?
You can read this story two ways. You could say Obama harbored an enemy of America. Or you could say that President Trump has so alienated our allies in Iraq that Iraqi political leaders once willing to work with the United States are now so alienated from U.S. government that they are besieging our embassy....
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The Report’s Daniel Jones: How the CIA Manipulates Presidents
Dan Jones (portrayed by Adam Driver in the riveting movie, The Report) recently spoke to Jeremy Scahill about the relationship of the CIA to the presidency. It’s not a theme that is really spelled out in the movie, which focuses on the politics of torture, but what Jones says is key to understanding the realities...